Many Europeans still indulge in a kind of unyielding nostalgia for the universalism of the European project. They feel responsible on a global scale for the world’s suffering, the advancement of human ...

On September 9th 2025, around twenty Russian drones penetrated deep into Polish airspace, forcing the closure of airports in Warsaw and triggering NATO’s highest alert since the start of the ...

The Russian language is the only ‘big language’ in the world to remain so closely connected to its parent nation-state, Russia. Despite the fact that it is used so widely across the post-Soviet sphere ...

Issue 6/2018: 1918. The year of independence In the eastern parts of the European continent, 1918 is remembered not only as the end of the First World War, but also saw the emergence of ...

ANDRZEJ KOZŁOWSKI: How is Russia exploiting far-right organizations in Europe? KACPER RĘKAWEK: This process began over ten years ago and specifically after the 2012 protests in Moscow, when Russians ...

After 35 years of conflict, Armenia and Azerbaijan have drafted a peace treaty, finalizing the end of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. However, a few days after the public announcement, Azerbaijan ...

The USSR collapsed in 1991. The political entity once referred to by President Reagan as the “Evil Empire” ceased to exist, but its successor state – the Russian Federation – survived, reconstituting ...

Russia’s war in eastern Ukraine has dramatically impacted the areas that used to make up the coal mining industry. Since 2014 most of the mines on the territories of Donbas not controlled by Ukraine ...

Serbia received full candidate status for membership of the European Union in 2013. Since then, the country has made modest efforts to tackle its deeply-rooted democratic shortcomings. As of 2020, ...

Earlier this month, officials from the United States, NATO and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe met with Russian dignitaries to discuss the recent military build-up near Eastern ...

The former President of Georgia has a strained relationship with his homeland. To some a hero, to others a villain – his legacy is much debated, as his time in power was crucial for the country.

Despite periodic ceasefire declarations, the Kremlin’s military strategy in 2025 shows no intention of negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine. On the contrary, rapid troop mobilization, ramped-up ...